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This blog is curated by Hamlet's production dramaturgs: Corianna Moffatt and Rosalind Bevan. Please contact Corianna with any questions or comments at cdm@bu.edu.

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Femina Shakes' Hamlet

Death

Healing through Death

As each patient is playing a character that they need to embody in order to achieve a transformation, what does each patient whose character dies (Polonius, Ophelia, Gertrude, Claudius, and Hamlet) gain from their character’s death?  How does their death change them?

These questions reminded me of a scene from the 1995 movie Empire Records…

Posted on October 15, 2016 by coriannam Tagged Claudius, Death, Gertrude, Hamlet, Ophelia, Polonius Leave a comment

Mark Rylance on Hamlet’s Death

So, it’s pretty clear that Death is a topic of inquiry in Hamlet.  Take a listen to Mark Rylance discuss Hamlet’s dying moment and the textual differences between quartos and folios in Radiolab’s episode 14: The Four Groans.

https://www.wnyc.org/widgets/ondemand_player/radiolab/#file=%2Faudio%2Fxspf%2F91916%2F

Posted on October 11, 2016October 11, 2016 by coriannam Tagged Death, Hamlet Leave a comment
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